The Future of Flesh: A Cultural Survey of the Body [electronic resource] /
Kitsi-Mitakou, K.author.
Detsi-Diamanti, Z.author.
Yiannopoulou, E.editor.
Encompassing some of the most recent academic research on mainstream issues of body image, weight and representation of the body, this collection addresses the body in areas such as ancient Greek poetry, new media art, comic book culture and biotechnology.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Toward the Futures of Flesh: An Introduction; Part I: Disintegrating Bodies; Part II: Artistic Representations of Mutating Flesh; Part III: Posthuman Enfleshments; Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Encompassing some of the most recent academic research on mainstream issues of body image, weight and representation of the body, this collection addresses the body in areas such as ancient Greek poetry, new media art, comic book culture and biotechnology.
Arts.
Sociology.
Cultural studies.
Arts.
Gender Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.